madam secretary, if you look at these job numbers. consumer confidence the economy does seem to be we are not where we have to be but it's moving back. it keeps building, building, building back. what would happen if congress is unable reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff? >> well, that would be what i would call a self-in conflicted wound and it would set us back and it could he crease the unemployment rate and devastate, i think, a lot of sectors that we saw that were coming back. and i don't think any of us want to go there. i am hopeful that the president speaking with speaker boehner let's get over that. let's focus what we need to do. we can't afford to sut back on essential programs like social security, like medicaid medicare. we have to be very careful how we do that. and not cut the safety knelt. we have 2 million people that are going to go off unemployment insurance. that will devastate our local economy. >> at the end of the year. >> yes. something has to be done. >> putting things in reference basically? and you hear t